Will Iran Explode?

Michael Totten headlines, Iran on Fire, with rolling updates.

Yes, it is. The questions now are, will it explode? And if it does, how - and what will the fall-out be?

I'm not optimistic this all will end well.

Comments

[Steven Den Beste]

I don't think there's going to be a revolution. I think there will be some slaughter, and then the protesters will back down.

[Dan Riehl]

I'm sad to say, I agree. Which is why I posted as I did above. At the least, Obama should have stayed silent and let the regime think about just how violent it can be. He gave them a ticket to ride. Freaking dangerous incompetent hack.

[Steven Den Beste]

The two most important factors here are this:

1. The Revolutionary Guard remains loyal to the status quo, in opposition to any uprising.

2. The Revolutionary Guard is willing to shoot to kill if they are ordered to do so.

In the face of those two facts, nothing else matters. the only real question is going to be how many protesters get shot before the protests collapse.

[Tommy]

I don`t think so, remember, the government broke Islamic Law, and the constitution. They are proving to the people of Iran something the west already knew, Neda`s funeral was banned from anyone other than her mom and pop. That my friend is against Muslim Law, under no circumstances should her fiance have been refused to attend. They are hypocrites, the suprem liar is not a Muslim and I am cetain when an Iranian is marytered they become super popular. The refusal of free assembly has been revoked. The Iranian parliment will eventually impeach this asshole leaving the suprem liar looking like the evil dictator he is and now the everyday honest hard working good Muslim knows this now and see with their own hearts that they did not revolt in 1979 for this.